[Original comment: 8/9/2021]
Big thanks to everyone who crossed their fingers for my iMac! My squeaky fan and 80C+ degree CPU was fixed just by cleaning out the dust from the inside, no repair or replacement needed! The Apple Store even did it for free, so yay! (I’m particularly relieved that they didn’t wipe my data or screw up my logic board. I do have backups, but over 2TB without a USB-C port is a pain to restore.)
On the flip side, while I was waiting for my computer, Tux ended up needing emergency hospitalization and surgery. ;_; Tux is technically a senior ferret now, and he’s spent his life trying to collect every health problem possible while my other two ferrets are basically fine (knock on wood for them, haha). The good news is Tux is all right after his life-saving surgery and is coming home today. Also good news is that, even though he’s blind, has no spleen, is always growing a mass somewhere, has two different cancers, once wedged his head so tight into a crevice that I have a years-long shoulder injury from getting him free, and was dumb enough to almost kill himself by secretly eating a carrot my bird dropped, his general everyday health is actually very good, and I’m told he took the surgery really well and is recovering well. I got to see him on Saturday after his surgery, and he already looked much better. But… big ouch for my wallet and even bigger ouch for Tux himself. 🙁
Anyway, I’ll be playing catch-up all week, so I’ll see y’all later!